Planning Transformation Manager

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services, we bring together capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, and deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions for our clients in the life sciences sector—spanning biopharma, med tech, and CDMO/CMO organizations.

About the role

As a Life Sciences Supply Chain and Operations professional, you will help biopharma and med tech clients implement and optimize end-to-end planning processes across their supply networks. You will lead and implement Integrated Business Planning (IBP), demand planning, supply planning, production scheduling, and inventory management capabilities, ensuring reliable product availability while managing the unique constraints of GMP-compliant, patient-centric supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement IBP/S&OP frameworks tailored to life sciences environments, accounting for regulatory release cycles, CMO/CDMO network complexity, and distinct planning dynamics of biopharma and med tech product portfolios.
• Lead the full IBP cycle—including demand review, supply review, portfolio review, and executive S&OP—integrating commercial, clinical, regulatory, and operations inputs to drive aligned decision-making.
• Develop demand and supply planning processes that account for life sciences–specific drivers such as patient-based forecasting, launch ramp modeling, loss of exclusivity (LOE), batch yield variability, QA release buffers, and CMO/CDMO lead time dynamics.
• Translate IBP decisions into short-horizon execution plans (S&OE), ensuring production schedules, batch campaign sequencing, CMO order management, and serialization-compliant logistics align with near-term patient and customer demand.
• Develop multi-echelon inventory strategies accounting for shelf life, retest dating, temperature-controlled storage, and regulatory hold periods—balancing service levels against working capital and write-off risk.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecasting accuracy, reduce supply risk, and accelerate planning cycles through AI-enabled planning tools, digital twins, and advanced analytics.
• Define and track life sciences–relevant KPIs including OTIF, forecast accuracy, batch cycle time, CMO on-time delivery, inventory days-on-hand, and write-off rate; develop action plans to address gaps.
• Design governance frameworks and planning operating models that integrate commercial, medical affairs, regulatory, quality, and operations functions for coordinated decision-making.
• Build and sustain relationships across client organizations, engaging executive leadership, commercial teams, supply chain functions, quality, and regulatory affairs to align on planning priorities.
• Proactively identify supply chain risks specific to life sciences—such as CMO/CDMO capacity constraints, API supply disruption, regulatory holds, and cold chain failures—and develop mitigation strategies.
• Provide data-driven insights into planning performance through advanced reporting and visualization, enabling senior leadership to make informed decisions on supply strategy and network configuration.
• Find solutions to clients’ life sciences supply chain challenges, including demand volatility, CMO/CDMO capacity constraints, regulatory holds, and product lifecycle complexity.
• Lead workshops to improve organizations and processes, determining methods and procedures for project completion.
• Deliver insights that help clients improve efficiency, challenge legacy ways of working, and leverage digital technology for greater effectiveness.
• Lead small to medium-sized teams with diverse backgrounds, managing and coaching others while collaborating with internal and external parties.
• Support client sales origination and thought leadership development, ensuring projects meet key goals and drive community impact.
• Support delivery of generative AI and agent-based modeling to accelerate scalable use cases for Agentic planning operations, translating complex technical outputs into executive-ready insights.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working on Supply Chain initiatives.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working on Integrated Planning initiatives.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in one or more of the following industries: Biopharma, Medical Devices / Med Tech, CDMO/CMO, or adjacent Life Sciences sectors.
• Minimum of 2 years of external experience at a consulting firm or 5 years of internal consulting experience in a role equivalent to Manager level within industry.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience).

Skills

• Deep specialization in one or more life sciences planning domains: Patient-Based Demand Forecasting, IBP/S&OP, S&OE, Inventory Optimization, CMO/CDMO Supply Planning, or Clinical-to-Commercial Supply Transition.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Experience building and developing relationships, overseeing complex programs, and demonstrating leadership.
• Hands-on experience with life sciences planning platforms such as OMP, Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP IBP/S4, o9 Solutions, or Blue Yonder, and familiarity with adjacent systems such as Veeva Vault, SAP ERP, or MES/MOM platforms.
• Lean or Six Sigma qualifications.
• Proficiency with data analytics tools to spot opportunities for improvement, including visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics).

Travel is required for this role and could vary from 10-75%.

Benefits

Accenture offers a market-competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Pay

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. The following are annual salary ranges for this role by location:

• California: $94,400 to $293,800
• Cleveland: $87,400 to $235,000
• Colorado: $94,400 to $253,800
• District of Columbia: $100,500 to $270,300
• Illinois: $87,400 to $253,800
• Maine: $80,400 to $216,200
• Maryland: $94,400 to $253,800
• Massachusetts: $94,400 to $270,300
• Minnesota: $94,400 to $253,800
• New York: $87,400 to $293,800
• New Jersey: $100,500 to $293,800
• Virginia: $87,400 to $270,300
• Washington: $100,500 to $270,300

This role may be based in one of the following locations: Chicago, IL; Albany, NY; Arlington, VA; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Beaverton, OR; Bentonville, AR; Boston, MA; Carmel, IN; Charlotte, NC; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Culver City, CA; Denver, CO; Des Moines, IA; Detroit, MI; Hartford, CT; Herndon, VA; Houston, TX; Irvine, CA; Irving, TX; Kirkland, WA; Miami, FL; Milwaukee, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Morristown, NJ; Mountain View, CA; Nashville, TN; New York City, NY; Oklahoma City, OK; Overland Park, KS; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Raleigh, NC; Redmond, WA; Sacramento, CA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Scottsdale, AZ; Seattle, WA; St. Louis, MO; St. Petersburg, FL; Walnut Creek, CA.